I "hit my stride" in 2012 and simply disappeared from here after writing my "depression success story"...in retrospect, I would have stayed around a bit, checking in once in a while to let folks I "knew" stay posted. It's like reading self-help books or praying, but only doing so when in crisis...perhaps if I were to have stayed continually connected, I could have staved off this depressive episode...with all that typing said, I am re-reading newgal's post, which is much more parsimonious than mine...